Natkat BSN, MSN, RN

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    Here Comes Ike!

    Natkat replied to HouTx's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you!!! My family in Ohio called to check on me but were very sarcastic about it. "Didn't this just happen 3 years ago? Why don't you move?" Well how many times, my brother, have you slid off...
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    Post-Hurricane Ike in Houston

    Natkat replied to pdmech73's topic in General Nursing

    My girlfriend was telling me yesterday of a generator that runs from the gasline if you have a gas grill, gas range and gas water heater. It costs about $4,000 though. Might be worth it. We were...
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    new nurses considering quiting?

    Natkat replied to 1styearsucks's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry to hear you're having a rough time. I would encourage you to hang in there. Two months isn't nearly enough time to get the hang of nursing. It takes time. I think just about everyone...
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    I Hate Dialysis

    Natkat replied to MizzDo~LPN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Wow. That sounds so dangerous. Not all clinics are like that. You could transfer to another clinic once you are elligible or even try working for a different
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    I Hate Dialysis

    Natkat replied to MizzDo~LPN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Oh yeah, a thousand times
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    Cussed out by a family member

    Natkat replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry this happened to you. You were probably too shocked to know what to do. What you might do next time is warn the person that they are out of control and being abusive and if they don't...
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    So...do you really use this stuff in the hospital?

    Natkat replied to cherubhipster's topic in General Nursing

    Knowledge is never wasted. It might seem like fluff and frivolity but in the end it all comes together. And yes, I do use theories in my job, especially Orem. Whenever a patient is working overtime...
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    travel nursing

    Natkat replied to eglelvr69's topic in Travel

    Have you looked at the travel nursing folder on this
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    I Hate Dialysis

    Natkat replied to MizzDo~LPN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    What a great post. Thanks for telling your story. One of the things I love about my job is I feel I get more respect as a nurse than med-surg nurses do. While floor nurses are treated like maids or...
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    Telemed Travel Company

    Natkat replied to PALMTREETRAVELER's topic in Travel

    I've been talking to someone from Talemed this week. This is my first time trying this out and so far I'm impressed. My recruiter gave me his cell phone number in case I need to call him after work...
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    Trying to find my place in nursing & new to dialysis/FMC

    Natkat replied to sunshine9403's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I've seen people leave Fresenius to work at Davita, only to turn around and come back a year later. If Fresenius is bad, Davita must be worse. I don't know. I've only worked for Fresenius. I can't...
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    If you fail one class do you fail out of nursing school?

    Natkat replied to Shawnygirl003's topic in General Students

    It depends on the school. Some schools will bounce you out, by, cu later and that's that. Some schools will offer remediation - where you get the chance to work on the parts you failed and then can...
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    Alzheimers is the worst

    Natkat replied to hippylady7211's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's so true that we worry most about what we see all the time. Being a dialysis nurse I obsess over diabetes and hypertension. Just today I spent hours in the grocery store reading the nutrition...
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    Scheduling Death??

    Natkat replied to icyounurse's topic in General Nursing

    Wow this situation sounds exactly like one I encountered a few weeks ago. The patient had colon cancer with mets to brain, bone and liver. I came in to do dialysis and thought the family was acting...
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    Dialysis RNs?

    Natkat replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    Mine too. That's why I hang in there. Both bosses I've had since working in dialysis are fabulous and both teams I've worked for have been very supportive and fun to work with. I have worked so many...
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    I Hate Dialysis

    Natkat replied to MizzDo~LPN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Interesting. I didn't go to nursing school to make coffee, fetch ice water and plump up pillows, but it seems to me that that's what med-surg is all about. I look at it this way. I didn't go to...
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    Dialysis RNs?

    Natkat replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a dialysis nurse for an acute service and I love it. I worked in a chronic unit for a couple of years and I prefer working for the acute service. The patients are difficult but after a while you...
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    Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    Natkat replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh that reminds me of a Bingo moment I had years ago. I was the activities director of a nursing home and the activity was Bingo. I kept calling the numbers and folks kept covering the numbers....
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    working on the old-style wards

    Natkat replied to RNperdiem's topic in General Nursing

    Aside from the lack of privacy and the infection control issue, I kind of wish that wards still existed. At least patients would realize that it's not a hotel and there are other people who might be...
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Natkat replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Not to hijack the thread or anything......... I love your enthusiasm for life, Stanley. I feel that people are too afraid of things to really enjoy life. I went overseas to Thailand a few years...
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    Should I return to nursing???

    Natkat replied to luvmykidz's topic in General Nursing

    Same here. Doesn't matter what the job is. I just don't like working. Been doing it all my life. It's
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Natkat replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    I did clinicals on a unit where the staff was so tired of constantly fetching things for patients that someone gave out the code to the nutrition room. It just so happened that this code was the code...
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    I think I just need to talk about this...

    Natkat replied to fireflies_for_me's topic in General Nursing

    A better approach might have been to say "Mind if I take a look?". It wouldn't have been as much as a personal
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    How to handle inappropriate pt behavior in Home Hemo?

    Natkat replied to starbin's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I'm glad the situation has a happy outcome......for now. She may act up again over some other issue later, or push for an even short treatment. It's a thing with dialysis patients to try and control...
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    Contract question/need info!!

    Natkat replied to AvidExplorer's topic in Travel

    Yes, you were not buried. If they hadn't moved your post THEN you wold have been buried because those interested in travel might never have found it. Those of us who visit this section of the boards...